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Which scientist discovered that it was the pull of the suns gravitational attraction that kept the planets in their orbits?
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∙ 13y ago
It was Nicholas Copernicus.
who discovered that the sun keeps the planets one Their orbit.
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Who discovered that it was the pull of the suns gravitational attraction that kept the planets in order?
I think this is called the Heliocentric Theory and was first discovered by Copernicus.
What keeps all of the planets in its orbit?
Gravitational attraction to the sun
Why do small planets have weak gravity?
Gravitational attraction is proportional to mass.
What holes our plants in orbits?
The gravitational attraction from our Sun holds the planets in orbit.
What planets were discovered by a Filipino scientist?
None.
How is new material added to planets as they are forming?
By accretion, through gravitational attraction and collision.
Why earth have its rotation?
because of gravitational force of attraction between the earth and other planets
Type of force that keeps the planets in place?
That force is called gravity.
Who is ptolemety?
Ptolemey is a scientist that studied the planets and he discovered new planets in place.
What holds planets and moons in orbit?
The Sun`s gravity holds all the planets in orbit in space.The gravitational attraction from our Sun.
What holds the moon and planets in place?
Actually, the planets are all constantly moving. They have a gravitational attraction to each other, though.
What is the unbalanced centripetal force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun?
The gravitational attraction by the Sun.
